About this episode
Today’s Daf Yomi pages, Berakhot 35 and 36 , begin a long and intricate discussion about food and what blessing ought to be said over what fruit, vegetable, or grain. It’s a terrific reminder of why it’s so important to watch what you eat, both physically and spiritually, and it drove the show’s host, Liel Leibovitz , to meditate on going kosher and having to give up his most favorite food: bacon. Why is meaning better than meat? Listen and find out.